Time to say goodbye ... Hypancistrus sp. (L 174)
It's absurd.As previously reported, the emerging industrial nation Brazil willingly sacrificed their ecosystem for incredible growth.Amidst one of the most biodiverse regions in the world at present, a dam is built.Belo Monte.Exactly from the affected area are described on this page of the armored catfish genus Hypancistrus.
Damming the river Xingu: field update
In this article, Dr. Mark Sabaj Pérez, a renowned ichthyologist, which fish will disappear first from the region.Some are not even scientifically known.Ironically, the small L 174, now a particularly absurd end will have.The Article indicates that the animals are just scientifically described.With luck, this description still manages to extinction of the species Yes, you read that right: L 173 comes only at great depths before and will most likely not survive if the water level will fall due to the dam.This will disappear, a special representative of the genus.It may be that the one or the other will be happy still rising prices for these fish - it's a sad spectacle.
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